Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I would like to raise No. 67, the judicial council Bill, which is to provide effective remedies for complaints about misbehaviour, including lay participation in the investigation of complaints. When are we likely to see that Bill published? It is scheduled for the middle of 2006.

Is it intended that the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005 be retrospective? The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, stated in his letter to the chairman of the committee that is discussing the matter——

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